Barbara Sontz — a computer consultant from New York City, New York
Emily Zehmer — a librarian originally from McKenney, Virginia
Ira Goodkofsky — a data processing manager originally from New Haven, Connecticut
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ira | $200 | $1,600 | $1,600 |
$0
3rd place: Imperial wall coverings + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis |
$3,600
15 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Emily | $1,200 | $2,900 | $4,700 |
$500
2nd place: trip on Delta to Savannah, Georgia & stay at The Westin Resort on Hilton Head, South Carolina |
$4,700
18 R, 5 W |
| Barbara | $1,200 | $3,000 | $4,400 |
$5,600
New champion: $5,600 |
$4,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| HISTORIC NAMES | MEDICAL TERMS | TOYS & GAMES | THE CARIBBEAN | PEAS | "Q"s |
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$100
[13]
In 1955, at 80, he resigned as British prime minister because of age
Churchill
Emily
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$100
[1]
This soft tissue found inside bones can be red or yellow
marrow
Emily
|
$100
[3]
This toy which has entertained generations of kids is nothing more than 67' of coiled steel
a Slinky
Ira
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$100
[24]
Montserrat is "The Emerald Isle of the West" because it was settled by people from this country
Ireland
Ira
|
$100
[2]
A pair of objects that are exactly alike are described as this
peas in a pod
Barbara
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$100
[18]
Talks like a duck
quack
Emily
|
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$200
[14]
Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian, was one of the Americans who raised the flag over this island in 1945
Iwo Jima
Emily
|
$200
[4]
It was once common to perform an adenoidectomy along with this procedure
a tonsillectomy
Barbara
|
$200
[5]
In chess this piece is often represented by a miter
a Bishop
Barbara
|
$200
[25]
In 1902 Mt. Pelee, one of these, reportedly left only 1 survivor in St. Pierre, Martinique
a volcano
Barbara
|
$200
[8]
Without any alteration, a drinking straw can be turned into this weapon
a peashooter
Barbara
|
$200
[20]
It's the only provincial capital in Canada that fits the category
Quebec
Emily
|
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$300
[15]
Nicknamed "Machine Gun" & declared Public Enemy No. 1, he never killed anyone
(George "Machine Gun") Kelly
Emily
|
$300
[11]
If you suffer from keratitis, this part of the eye is inflamed
the cornea
Emily
|
$400
[7]
This stereoscopic toy with 3-D reels made its debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair
a View-Master
Emily
|
$300
[26]
Ginger, Salt & Beef are among the islands with tasty names in this "chaste" British group
the British Virgin Islands
Ira
Emily
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$300
[9]
It's the transportation for "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"
a beautiful pea-green boat
Ira
|
$300
[21]
In Spanish this punctuation symbol is also used upside-down in front of a sentence
a question mark
Barbara
|
|
$400
[16]
When this man became regent to the crown of Ethiopia, Heruy Walda Sellase became Foreign Minister
Haile Selassie
Barbara
|
$400
[12]
In a hiatal hernia, part of this organ is sticking through the diaphragm
the stomach
Emily
|
DD
$500
[6]
At $60 apiece, these 2 properties are the least expensive on a Monopoly board
Mediterranean & Baltic
Barbara
|
$400
[27]
This British naval hero was married on the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1787
Admiral Nelson
Emily
|
$400
[10]
A fairy tale says a girl who can feel a pea thru 20 mattresses & 20 feather beds is a real one of these
a princess
Ira
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$400
[22]
Politician quoted as saying, "We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world"
Quayle
Barbara
|
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$500
[17]
This founder of the Boy Scouts got the nickname "The Butterfly Spy" during the Boer War
Lord Baden-Powell
Ira
|
$500
[29]
It's the term for any pain-relieving substance like aspirin or acetaminophen
an analgesic
Emily
|
$500
[28]
In this game a complete hand of tiles usually consists of 4 chows, pungs or kongs & a pair
mahjong
Emily
|
$500
[30]
It's the "C" of the ABC islands, or the liqueur that's made there
Curaçao
Barbara
|
$500
[19]
Essential in Chinese cooking, you can eat it pod & all (though you should trim the tips before using)
a snow pea
Emily
|
$500
[23]
Outlaw Frank James was part of this man's Confederate group of Raiders
Quantrill
Ira
|
| DOUGLAS MacARTHUR | PUBLISHING | BIRDS | ROYALTY | THE ITALIAN CINEMA | 1959 |
|
$200
[1]
In 1919 MacArthur became superintendent of this military school
West Point
Ira
|
$200
[11]
Blue & Gray magazine is "For those who still hear the guns" of this war
the Civil War
Emily
|
$200
[24]
1 Kings 10:22 mentions that this "proud" bird was among the treasures brought to King Solomon
the peacock
Ira
|
$200
[16]
While many countries have kings as heads of state, Monaco & Liechtenstein have these
princes
Barbara
|
$200
[21]
Her son Carlo Ponti, Jr. played her baby in the 1970 film "Sunflower"
Sophia Loren
Barbara
|
$200
[6]
Fong & Long became the first senators from this state to sit in Congress
Hawaii
Ira
|
|
$400
[2]
Like his father, Arthur, Douglas won this highest U.S. military decoration
the Congressional Medal of Honor
Ira
Emily
|
$400
[12]
If you know that this publisher was born in Hungary in 1847, you deserve a "Prize"
(Joseph) Pulitzer
Emily
Barbara
|
$400
[25]
Legend says that the arrival of this bird which nests on roofs & chimneys brings good luck
a stork
Ira
|
$400
[17]
England's King James I was born in this castle in the Scottish city of the same name
Edinburgh
Emily
|
$400
[22]
"Tasty" term for the savage sagebrush sagas that were often directed by Sergio Leone
Spaghetti Westerns
Ira
|
$400
[7]
This building was put on the back of the penny
the Lincoln Memorial
Ira
|
|
$600
[3]
His boldness during this war got him the nickname "D'Artagnan of the AEF"
World War I
Emily
|
$600
[13]
The original motto of this magazine for women over 40 was "for the woman who wasn't born yesterday"
Lear's
Ira
Emily
Barbara
|
$600
[26]
The best talker among these birds is the African gray species
a parrot
Ira
|
$600
[18]
This country's longest-reigning monarch, King Gustav V, ruled from 1907-1950
Sweden
Ira
Barbara
|
$600
[23]
In 1960 he directed his first international hit, "L'avventura"; "Blow-Up" came 6 years later
Antonioni
Emily
Barbara
|
$600
[8]
After selling fewer than 110,000 of them, Ford discontinued this innovative car
the Edsel
Barbara
|
|
$800
[4]
MacArthur signed the Japanese surrender for the Allies on this battleship in Tokyo Bay
the Missouri
Emily
|
$800
[14]
She was still editor in chief of Vanity Fair when she was named Magazine editor of the Year in 1988
Tina Brown
|
$800
[28]
This yellow-bellied woodpecker drills holes in the bark of trees in neat horizontal rows
the sapsucker
Barbara
|
$800
[19]
Anna of Austria, the fourth wife of this country's King Philip II, was also his cousin
Spain
Barbara
|
— |
$800
[9]
Singer J.P. Richardson, nicknamed this, was killed in a small plane crash February 3
The Big Bopper
Ira
|
|
$1,000
[5]
MacArthur was in this country when he announced he would return to the Philippines
Australia
Ira
Barbara
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
Once an assistant to Diana Vreeland, this editor now has a chic women's magazine named for herself
(Grace) Mirabella
Barbara
|
$1,000
[27]
Species of this bird include Japanese, Bohemian & Cedar
waxwings
|
$1,000
[20]
This current monarch was only 20 years old when he became the 5th king of the Belgians in 1951
Baudouin
Ira
Emily
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[10]
May 24, 4 days after receiving the Medal of Freedom, this former Secretary of State died
John Foster Dulles
Ira
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This service organization's name comes from American Indian dialect meaning "we make ourselves known"
Kiwanis International